Beauty and Brains Combined In Merit Scholar and Model
Mary Ann Traylor, Emporia freshman, was discovered first by the National Merit Scholarship Foundation for her brains. Then "Seventeen" magazine discovered her beauty.
Miss Traylor, who lives in Gertrude Sellards Pearson, recently was selected to model winter fashions in the January edition of the magazine.
Five other girls from colleges all over the country were chosen with her to model clothes representative of the area.
A FOUR-MEMBER team arrived
Concert Star Visits KU
By Tom Winston
Contraito Maureen Forrester made a separate little scene of each song she sang at the University Theater last night. A nearly full house applauded her enthusiastically all evening.
She knew just how to smile and just when to smirk or leer, especially in the Hugo Wolf songs (from "Italian Songbook"). She was the scorned woman, a little girl or deeply in love, and her French songs (Barber's "Melodies Passageries") were sensual and dreamy.
Only a loving mother could sing the Benjamin Britten lullabies as she did. (She has four children, eldest of which was eight yesterday.)
Her final group, the "Seven Spanish Popular songs" by Manuel de Falla, was a slight disappointment, except for "Nana," a lullaby which Miss Forrester sang with the slightly wist of a tone. Generally, her style was not Spanish or exciting; it was nice like the French songs.
Perhaps these songs are not for her. Her own distinctive sound, so right for the rest of her program, is wrong for the Falla songs. The audience did not seen to share this disappointment, however.
Miss Forrester's voice is not thick as contralto voices can be. She can easily sound like a soprano, even though she has some luscious low tones at her command. One quibble heard at intermission was that maybe her voice had too much ring; she wasn't using her warm, low sound often enough, it was said. But it was merely a quibble.
For her two encores, Miss Forrester sang "The Lass from the Low Country" by John Jacob Niles and a French-Canadian folk song. Her explanation of the folksong was delightful.
Maureen Forrester, Canadian contralto, says she likes to do a good program when she performs at a college, and she is always ready to talk to people.
Miss Forrester was quite impressed with Lawrence. She stated that when she came here for her concert, she forgot to pack several pieces of music she was going to use. She said she expected to find perhaps one of the numbers but, when she went to a local music store, she was surprised to find all of the numbers in stock.
last Sunday to shoot the pictures to be used.
The picture-taking session lasted three hours on various spots of the campus last Sunday.
"I was asked to send in a picture and an autobiography of myself. They saw the picture in New York and later contacted my mother. I haven't had a lot of contact with them," Miss Taylor said.
German Officer At KU to Study Insect Control
A scientific officer of the Bonn government is at the University of Kansas this year with a special mission—to keep unwanted visitors out of West Germany.
The officer is Dr. Isolde Schneider, a guest of the KU botany and entomology departments. Her task is to prevent timber-destroying insects from being imported along with wood.
"THE GERMANS IMPORT timber from all over the world." Miss Schneider explained. The Scandinavian countries, Central America, West Africa, and the U.S. are major suppliers of timber to Germany, she said.
Dr. Schneider said she wants to determine what offenders come into Germany, then how the bugs multiply once in Germany. When she completes her study, she will make recommendations for quarantine to the German government.
ARE CATHOLICS CHRISTIANS?
At KU she has been studying the life cycles of beetles, a few of which will be important in Germany, she said. One of these is the ambrosia beetle, which transmits damaging fungi.
"THE ULTIMATE PRACTICAL reason for the study is to eliminate the fungi by killing the beetles," Dr. Schneider said, "or, if it's easier, to eliminate the beetles by killing the fungi."
Dr. Schneider, who came to KU in September from North Carolina State College, expects to complete her research here by spring. Then she will return to West Germany—if possible, by a freighter carrying timber so she can study the problem in transit.
Are the basic tenets of Catholicism the same or different from those of other Christians? Are Catholics logical? Why can't Catholies eat meat on Fridays? Or can they? Why do Catholics drink and smoke? Why isn't drinking or smoking necessarily a sin for Catholics? Are Catholics really different? Was Christ a Catholic?
In an effort to inform those interested in learning about the Catholic Church and what it means, an Inquiry Forum has been set up. The forum consists mainly of a question-answer and discussion session. It is held every Tuesday night at 7:00 at the St. Lawrence Catholic Student Center, 1915 Stratford Road or call Brendan Downey, O.S.B. at VI 3-0357.
THIS IS NOT the first time Miss Traylor has been a model. Two years ago she was a winner in a Singer Young Stylemaker contest and went to New York City to model fashions she made.
A freshman in the KU Honor's Program, Miss Trayler is in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She has not vet chosen a major.
She was chosen by the "Seventen" editors because her National Merit Scholar status qualified her as outstanding as a "brain" and her picture indicated a good share of beauty.
KU Coeds Seek Homecoming Title
Out of 25 candidates for Homecoming Queen will come one girl who will reign over the Homecoming activities for 1963.
The Homecoming queen will be crowned during the half-time ceremonies at the KU-K. State game on Nov. 2.
The candidates will be interviewed from 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union. They will be judged on the basis of charm, personality and beauty. The 10 semi-finalists will be notified Sunday night after the interviews.
The judges have not yet been announced.
The ten semi-finalists will meet with the judges at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, in the English Room of the Kansas Union.
The method for announcing the queen and her attendants has not been decided.
Each of the candidates had her picture taken last week. A composite picture of all of the candidates was taken yesterday afternoon on the steps of Strong Hall.
Student at Med Center After Bicycle Mishap
Martha Deason, Great Bend freshman, was reported in fair condition today at the KU Medical Center. She suffered a severe concussion in a bicycle accident in Lawrence Sunday.
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1963
University Daily Kansan
FRED McLEOD, PGA PROFESsional at Columbia Country Club, Chevy Chase, Md., won two national championships 30 years apart. He won the U.S. Open in 1908 and the PGA Seniors title in 1938.
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STEEL SHAFTS FIRST WERE legalized by the U.S. Gold Golf Association in 1926 and three years later they were legalized by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland.
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